MakeACopy
Privacy-focused document scanner with OCR and PDF export
| AppID: | de.schliweb.makeacopy |
| Author: | egdels |
| License: | Apache-2.0 |
| Donation: | Webpage |
| InRepoSince: | 2025-08-17 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2026-01-24 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 2.5.0 |
| Categories: | Graphics, Multimedia |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android that allows you to digitize paper documents with offline OCR functionality. The app is privacy-friendly and works completely offline — no cloud connection, no tracking.Features:
• Camera scanning: Capture documents using your device’s camera
• Edge detection: Automatic document boundary detection using OpenCV
• Perspective correction: Manually or automatically adjust document perspective
• Grayscale export: Optional grayscale filter applied during PDF creation
• OCR: Offline text recognition using the open-source Tesseract engine
• PDF export: Save scanned documents as searchable PDFs
• Share & save: Export locally or share via other apps
• Dark mode: System-based Material 3 theme with light and dark appearance
• Privacy-focused: Fully offline — no data leaves your device
MakeACopy is F-Droid compliant and builds OpenCV native libraries from source during the build process, ensuring that no prebuilt binaries are included in the repository. All components are open source and respect your privacy.
MakeACopy is free and open source. If you find it useful, please consider supporting development: https://ko-fi.com/egdels
License: Apache License 2.0
WhatsNew:
MakeACopy 2.5.0 (Release)
What’s new
- Improved document edge detection and perspective correction, especially for
distorted or angled pages.
- Faster image capture: reduced focus timeout and paused live analysis during
capture for improved responsiveness.
- Enhanced corner detection with toggle support for OpenCV/ONNX detectors,
Hough line-based fallback, dynamic threshold adjustment, low-light handling,
and consensus-based fusion for improved precision.
Bug fixes
- Fixed minimap thumbnail
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
Packages
Version 2.5.0 (2026-01-24) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 10.0
- ABIs: x86_64
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